A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to permit a portion of Federal mineral revenues to be used to expand opportunities for sport fishing and hunting.
State Fish and Wildlife Assistance Act - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to require 50 percent of lease revenues under such Act to be deposited into a State Fish and Wildlife Assistance Fund established in the Treasury. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make annual payments from such Fund to States for game and nongame fish and wildlife programs. Allocates monies to the States according to the relative percentage of State lands constituting leased Federal lands and the relative percentage of a State's population constituting paid hunting and fishing license holders. Requires States to report annually to the Secretary on projects undertaken using such payments.
Requires that 50 percent of mineral receipts collected from leases in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska be deposited into such Fund.
Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the effect of establishing and expanding units of the National Park System in Alaska where sport hunting is prohibited for registered hunting guides.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Referred to Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
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Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-908 (Part I).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-908 (Part I).